Means for showing wall fillings



June 3o, 1925.

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- Ima/off Patented June 30, 1925.l l

UNITED STATES Parser .JAMES LEONARD GIL'LARD, OF MUSKEGON,`1VICGAN,ASSIGNOR TO THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, OF MUSKEGON, MICHGAN, .ACORPORATION OF MCH- IGAN.

MEANS FOR SHOWING WALL FILLINGS.

Application filed December 24, 1923.

To cZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMEsL. GILLARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at lifuskegon, Michigan, have invented a Means for Showing WallF illings, of which the following is a specification.

The subject-matter of this invention is designed primarily for showing,indicating or displaying the filling material of refrigerator walls, butit is conceivable that it may be used for other like purposes and it is,therefore, desired not to limit it to the specific use illustrated inthe annexed drawing in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary,broken,lperspective of a portion of a refrigerator; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the'displaying means; Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the inner 4end of the displaying means showing the use of atransparent plate of such material as glass or oelluloid, or the like;and Figs. 4 and 5 show similar views in which other closure plates areused for this end of the display device.

Referring more in detail to the annexed drawing, numeral 1 denotes aside wall and 2 a front wall of a refrigerator R within the walls ofwhich is a filling material 3, the purpose of which is to serve as aheat insulator. I prefer to use fragments of cork for this fillingmaterial, though the precise substances for this purpose is immaterialso far as this invention is concerned.

Through a wall, such as the wall 2, of the refrigerator there is formedan opening for the reception of a tubular member 4 which is fastened inplace by any suitable means. In the present instance this meanscomprises the refrigerator name plate 5 which isperforated to display anend of the tubular member.

At its ends, the tubular body is provided with inwardly and outwardlyextending flanges 6 and 7, though other means may be provided forsupporting the end closure members 8 andV 9. A transparent closure plate10 of wire netting or similar material may, if desired, be substitutedfor the plate 8, or other material such as a metal plate 11 may be usedat this end 0f the tubular member, though Celluloid or mica ispreferred. For' the outer end, material of the general Serial No.682,594.

nature of thin sheet celluloid is considered preferable.

With this construction the filling material of the refrigerator wallsmay be displayed to a prospective purchaser without in any way injuringthe original finish of the refrigerator wall. Furthermore, if thecovering plate 9 is broken, accidentally or otherwise, the plate 8 willprevent the content-s of the refrigerator wall from sifting out throughthe cartridge, thus leaving the refrigerator improperly insulated. Thatis, the plate 8 will keep the refrigerator properly insulated eventhough the plate 9 should be broken. Also, use of a transparent plate 8avoids the necessity of removing the cartridge to show that the packingmaterial in the wall is the same as that in thc cartridgein event somepurchaser should be skeptical concerning this point. Also, the flange 7serves not only as means for supporting the plate S but also as a meansfor holding the same in place and preventing it from being easilyslipped off from the end of the tube. rlhis is due to the fact that theplate 9 has projections or tongues 12 which extend around the flange 7and are secured in place by any desired means 13.

It is, of course, understoodthat the specific description of thestructure set forth above may be departed from without departing fromthe spirit of my invention as set forth in the specification and theappended claims.

Having now described my invention,

I claim 1. In combination with a wall having vfilling material therein,a display means comprising a capsule having a transparent portion forviewing purposes.

2. The combination of a wall and a display means, the wall havingfilling means therein and the display means having a substantially rigidhollow body provided with a transparent end.

3. The combination of a filled wall and means for indicating the fillingmaterial of the wall, said means comprising a tubular member extendingfrom thesurface of the wall into the interior thereof and containing aportion ofthe filling material of the wall,

the outer end of the tubular member having a transparent coveringmember.

4. The combination of a filled Wall and means for showing the illingmaterial of 5 the wall, said` means comprising ai tubular memberextending from the surface of the Wall into the interior thereof andcon-V taining a portion of the filling materialk of the Wall, the Yendsof the tube having elosure members connected therewith and the closuremember at the outer endV of the tube 'being transparent.

. In Witness whereof,Y l `hereunto subscribe my name to thisspecification.

JAMES LEONARD GILLARD. I

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certiecl that in .Letters Patent No. 1,543,913, grantedJune 30, 1925, upon the application of James Leonard Gllarcl, ofMuskegon, Michigan, for an improvement in Means for Showing la-llFillings, an error appears in the printed specifieation requiringcorrection as follows: Page 2, after line 12 insert the following asclaim 5:

5. [n a refrigerator, a wall haring a heat insulating filling materialin the interior thereof, in combination with. a display cleoioe@attending from. the exterior to the interior of the wall, said terioecomprising a tabular member having a transparent closure at eaelt enelanal a portion of the wall #lling material in the interior thereof.; andthat the said Letters Patent should be'read with this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Slgned and sealed this 18th day of August, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING, y A Acting Commissioner of Patents,

